Windsor High School club Celebrates Wellness and Healthy Eating

By ANNE DELANEY

A Windsor High School student club hosted a nutrition fun night earlier this month, offering tips for children and adults on food choices and education on all-around health and wellness.

The Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is a career and technical education group with 25 members in the Windsor High chapter. FCCLA members are enrolled in classes focused on subjects such as child development, interior design, fashion design and Family and Consumer Sciences Leadership.

The Feb. 16 night at the high school was an event focused on the Weld RE-4 School District’s nutrition and hospitality pathway, according to Director of Communications and Public Relations Katie Smith. The district offers multiple pathways, or types of courses to lead students to career or education after high school, within its career and technical education programs.

The FCCLA’s fun night featured two tracks. Maura Benton, the district’s assistant director of nutrition services, hosted a demonstration in the children’s track on making foods incorporating all food groups. Mary Kampschroeder, a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at Windsor High, facilitated a workshop on nutrition and wellness for adults.

Jessica Teal, lead of the Family and Consumer Sciences Department at Windsor High and advisor of Windsor High FCCLA, said the group is engaging in the national program of community service by creating engaging and fun family nights each month.

Teal said at the nutrition night, the FCCLA member led the food demon- stration while the district’s Nutrition Services representatives taught proper knife skills, food preparation measuring and nutritional skills. The FCCLA Colorado Association website says the organization’s mission is to promote personal growth and leadership development through family and consumer sciences education The association focuses on the multiple roles of family member, wage earner and community leader, members develop skills for life through character development, creative and critical thinking, interpersonal communication, practical knowledge and career preparation.

February is American Heart Health Month February is also career and technical education month.